Sentences with phrase «wage plan announced»

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She has slashed the cabinet in half, raised the minimum wage and announced plans to double the province's carbon tax over the next two years, the first such change in nearly a decade.

To try and secure the deal, the government announced an austerity plan to raise taxes and slash US$ 20 billion in public spending — including cuts to social welfare and public jobs, and a lowering of the minimum wage.

GM, which in February announced its plan to shut down one of its plants in Korea, wants wage concessions from its labor union as well as...

The Saskatchewan Party government announced a 3.5 % wage reduction to public sector employee compensation in last year's budget, amounting to a projected savings of $ 250 million, but that plan does not appear in this year's budget.

Starbucks has also announced plans to extend the National Living Wage to all partners, including those aged under the age of 25.

Earlier today the provincial government announced plans to increase B.C.'s minimum wage in two stages over the next year and a half, bringing the minimum wage rate to $ 11.25 (from $ 10.45) by next September.

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced a plan Monday to increase the minimum wage for State University of New York workers to $ 15 an hour — up from the current rate of $ 9 an hour.

Continuing a push for the payment of higher wages for public - sector jobs, Cuomo announced a plan to raise the minimum wage for state university workers to $ 15.

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio will announce on Wednesday he plans to raise the minimum wage for city workers to $ 15 an hour by 2018.

One of the most recent came after de Blasio's State of the City address, where he called for a minimum wage of $ 15 and announced plans to build affordable housing at Sunnyside Yards in Queens.

Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver today backed Obama's plan laid out in the State of the Union, announcing that he had introduced an amendment that would raise New York's wage from $ 7.25 to $ 9 and then index it to the rate of inflation.

There has been a push underway to boost the pay of those who earn tipped wages as Gov. Andrew Cuomo last month announced plans to hold hearings on the elimination of the tipped worker wage.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Tuesday announced plans to give all state workers a minimum wage of $ 15 an hour, making New York the first state in the nation to set pay for its public - sector employees that high.

Yet even as Mr. Cuomo announced his plans, several groups noted that even a $ 11.50 wage in the city, and $ 10.50 upstate, was still not high enough to support many workers.

Flanked by a collection of liberal groups and labor leaders, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo on Sunday announced a raft of proposals on social issues, among them a plan that would raise the minimum wage to $ 11.50 an hour in New York City and $ 10.50 an hour in the rest of the state.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo speaks during a labor rally, announcing a plan to get a wage hike to $ 15 an hour for fast - food workers, Thursday, May 7, 2015, in New York.

Then, following a ferocious and racially tinged battle waged in City Hall chambers and airwaves, on TV and in print, the de Blasio administration surprised New York's governing class when it suddently announced that it no longer had imminent plans to cap Uber after all.

At a hastily - called press conference at City Hall, Quinn, who was joined by fellow council members and the head of the retail workers» union, announced plans to introduce a new «living wage» bill that will force developers receiving more than a $ 1 million in city subsidies to pay their workers at least $ 10 an hour, plus benefits, or $ 11.50 without — significantly more than the $ 7.25 minimum wage.

He's been able to keep the state's institutional left on his side by loudly advocating for a minimum wage increase (Heastie said the Assembly would pass that bill happily and easily) even as he announced plans for an additional business tax cut this week.

Announcing the details in a briefing, Governor Cuomo spelled out a complex plan that would allow New York City's minimum wage workers to receive $ 15 an hour in three years, Long Island and Westchester employees to get $ 15 in six years, and the rest of the state to reach $ 12.50 in five years.

A day after Assembly Republicans announced proposed changes to the state's prevailing wage laws, their fellow party members were planning to meet behind closed doors to discuss possibly exempting local governments from the minimum - compensation requirements.

The Government of Canada, under Economic Action Plan 2013, has announced a number of changes in the Temporary Foreign Worker Program as follows: Effective immediately, all employers who hire temporary foreign workers are required to pay them at the prevailing wage.